Large Fallen Moai . All Of The Moai Were Toppled In Tribal Wars About 250 Years ...

Description: Large fallen Moai . All of the Moai were toppled in tribal wars about 250 years ago . Many have recently been rebuilt starting in the 1950s . The most widely accepted theory is the statues were carved by the Polynesian colonizers of the island beginning by about 1000 1100AD . In addition to representing deceased ancestors , the moai may also have been regarded as the embodiment of living chiefs .